| 24-5535 |
Cesar Yoaldo Castillo v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split criminal-statute federal-assault sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
If a VICAR assault is predicated on an underlying state or federal assault offense that does not satisfy 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)'s "crime of violence" defi… |
| 24-5013 |
Jonathan Feliz v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
actus-reus bodily-injury criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause mens-rea omission physical-force use-of-force violent-crime |
Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be
committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us… |
| 23-7839 |
Martin William Luther Hamilton v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-analysis criminal-law deference-to-state-courts legal-interpretation state-crime state-criminal-law supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor violent-crime |
Where a state's highest court endorses two versions of the elements of a state crime and neither version has been overruled or abrogated, whether a co… |
| 23-7836 |
Thomas Joseph Brewer v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether federal voluntary manslaughter in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 1112(a) qualifies as a "crime of violence"
under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 23-7439 |
Basil Loud Hawk v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute federal-crimes federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime violent-crimes |
Whether federal second-degree murder in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 1(a) qualifies as a "crime of violence"
under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(… |
| 23-6969 |
James Paul Antonio v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
assault criminal-law dangerous-weapon due-process federal-jurisdiction predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether an assault with a dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily harm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(3), categorically qualifies as a predica… |
| 23-918 |
Ranito Allen v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-02-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
18-usc-924 actus-reus criminal-law federal-criminal-statute mens-rea omission-liability physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether an offense that can be committed
through omission or inaction can "ha[ve] as an element
the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical
… |
| 23-6770 |
Juan Carlos Burns v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing second-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-definition statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Does second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1 categorically qualify as a "crime of violence" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)? |
| 23-6514 |
Tiffany Janis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1 18-usc-924 criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law federal-murder-statute force-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether federal second-degree murder in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 1(a) qualifies as a "crime of violence"
under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(… |
| 23-6477 |
Jamaile L. Huey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-jurisdiction fourth-circuit mens-rea robbery robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-guidelines violent-crime |
Whether a state robbery conviction, sustained under a statute without a specified mens rea for the element of violence or threat of violence, but with… |
| 23-6435 |
Norman Williams v. Colorado Department of Corrections Time Computation Department, et al. |
Colorado |
2024-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
colorado-dept-of-corrections conviction-classification criminal-procedure due-process non-categorical-approach prior-convictions sentence-enhancement sentencing-enhancement time-computation violent-crime |
1) In light of this Court's holdings in Johnson v. U.S 135 S. Ct. 2551, 2563 (2015), does § 17-22.5-403 C.R.S. violate Mr. Williams' and other similar… |
| 23-5796 |
Jose Folch-Colon v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-law mens-rea racketeering VICAR violent-crime |
If by procuring and paying for the commission of murder, Petitioner aided and abetted a crime of violence in aid of racketeering (VICAR) as defined in… |
| 23-5194 |
Andra Green v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act predicate-crime sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Mr. Green is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to a single count of using a firearm during a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). H… |
| 23-5168 |
Isaac Silversmith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 8-usc-1 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law ninth-circuit second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
1. By denying Petitioner's Petition For Certificate of Appealability, did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in holding that Second-degree Murder,… |
| 22-7527 |
Adam Garcia v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction force-clause predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
I. The definition of "crime of violence" for 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires immediacy and physical force. Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)(1), requ… |
| 22-6444 |
Stephen Duane Burgess v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing federal-statute second-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether a conviction for federal "second degree murder" under 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3). |
| 22-6418 |
Christopher Brian Cosimano v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process eleventh-circuit federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing first-degree-murder omission-liability statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred by finding that Florida's First-Degree
Premeditated Murder Statute is categorically a crime of violence for purpose… |
| 22-6132 |
Michael Dominick Mencher v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing first-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Florida's First-Degree Premeditated Murder Statute is categorically a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(C)? |
| 22-5982 |
Richard Allen Jackson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law divisibility divisibility-analysis federal-statutes felony-murder first-degree-murder schad-v-arizona statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
1. Is federal first-degree murder, 18 U.S.C. § 1(a), which includes
felony murder, a crime of violence within the meaning of the force
clause of 18 U.… |
| 22-5576 |
Thoucharin Ruttanamongkongul v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility human-trafficking sentencing sentencing-guidelines sex-work sexual-offense statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
When state values v. evidence, to show that petitioner fired (unclear handwriting) to the United States to court completely e.g. a six footers; and th… |
| 22-5522 |
Fernando Cazares v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal certificate-of-appealability conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict pinkerton-conspiracy section-241 section-245 sentencing violent-crime |
Did the court of appeals err in failing to grant a certificate of appealability where the application presented three debatable questions: First, the … |
| 21-8233 |
Barkley Gardner v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-1959 criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-law punishment-alternatives racketeering sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether a court may punish a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) by a fine instead of death or life imprisonment. |
| 21-7586 |
Jaako Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing generic-offense robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code texas-robbery violent-crime |
Whether Texas robbery, a crime defined differently than similarly named crimes in a majority of states, is a crime of violence under the United States… |
| 21-7069 |
Javar Dinsdale Clarke v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
May Bank robbery apply as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 924(c) when Bank robbery does not match the elements of section 924(c)(3)(A). |
| 21-6929 |
Rozelle Summerise v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-crime sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Can reasonable jurists debate whether Hobbs Act robbery, see 18 U.S.C. § 1951, is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) … |
| 21-6894 |
Arnoldo Alvarado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-111 18-usc-924c borden-v-united-states constitutional-review criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
WHETHER, IN LIGHT OF THE COURT'S RULING IN BORDEN V. UNITED STATES, 593 U.S. _ (2021), ALVARADO'S CONVICTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. §111 (a) AND (b) QUALIFIE… |
| 21-6787 |
Rondale Young v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
but-for-causation but-for-cause circuit-split criminal-law ninth-circuit-interpretation purpose-element racketeering racketeering-enterprise statutory-interpretation vicar-statute violent-crime violent-crimes |
Whether the purpose element of the VICAR offense, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, requires the government to prove that the racketeering-enterprise motive was a but… |
| 21-6646 |
Pedro Alvarado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-111 18-usc-924 borden-v-united-states consent-search criminal-conviction criminal-law fourth-amendment ruse-search statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
I. WHETHER, IN LIGHT OF THE COURT'S RULING IN BORDEN V. UNITED STATES, 593 U.S. _ (2021), ALVARADO'S CONVICTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. §111(a) AND (b) QUALIF… |
| 21-6118 |
Kevin Folse v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-battery bodily-injury circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law new-mexico sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unlawful-force violent-crime |
New Mexico courts have held that the state's aggravated battery statute can be violated by unlawful touching alone. Unlawful touch that results in bod… |
| 21-6071 |
Aldridge Robinson, et al. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act section-1951 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act Robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a "crime of violence" as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3). |
| 21-533 |
Brad Martin, Individually and as an Employee of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, et al. v. Carlos Castro |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
clearly-established-law fourth-amendment k9-deployment law-enforcement qualified-immunity reasonable-force totality-of-circumstances use-of-force violent-crime |
1. When a law enforcement officer reasonably deploys a police K9 to restrain a fleeing suspect known to have a history of violent crime and believed t… |
| 21-5326 |
Juan Marquis Holiday v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-09 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924 attempted-crime attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of "crime of violence" excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a). |
| 21-5057 |
Lance Lamont Lavert v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act property-rights robbery statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Should this Court mend the circuit split about whether a Hobbs Act robbery is necessarily violent as the Ninth and eight other circuits have held, or … |
| 21-5046 |
Ira Lee Wilkins v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-07-08 |
GVR |
IFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law reckless-conduct reckless-force sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review tenth-circuit violent-crime |
Should this Court grant this petition, vacate the judgment below, and remand in order to allow the Tenth Circuit to determine in the first instance wh… |
| 21-5028 |
David Copes, aka David Henderson-Copes v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-07-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a predicate crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). |
| 20-7866 |
Paul Demetrius Lamar Gray v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause physical-force pinkerton-conspiracy pinkerton-liability postal-robbery residual-clause statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Before United States U. Johnson, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), the federal courts routinely relied on the residual clause to hold that convictions sustained un… |
| 20-1459 |
United States v. Justin Eugene Taylor |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-04-16 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5)Relisted (2) |
attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(¢)(3)(A)'s definition of "crime of violence" excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a). |
| 20-7430 |
Carlos Torres v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act predicate-offense robbery-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether a completed Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 categorically qualifies as a predicate "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)… |
| 20-7417 |
Allen Pace, III v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas… |
| 20-7413 |
Zelos Fields v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
'bank-robbery' 'crime-of-violence' 'force-clause' 'hobbs-act' 'sentencing-enhancement' 'statutory-interpretation' criminal-law federal-jurisdiction force-clause property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
1. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951
is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18
U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encom… |
| 20-7412 |
Anthony W. Gardner v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-statutes force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-crimes statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas… |
| 20-7393 |
Edward Coleman, aka Keith, aka Tiny Keith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas… |
| 20-7382 |
Calvin Thomas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
'bank-robbery' 'crime-of-violence' 'force-clause' 'hobbs-act' 'sentencing-enhancement' 'statutory-interpretation' criminal-law federal-jurisdiction force-clause property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
1. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encom… |
| 20-7244 |
Melvin Landry, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery as defined by Title 18 U.S.C. §1951(b)(1) is a "crime of violence" within the meaning of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(a). |
| 20-7183 |
Shameke Walker v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery identification-evidence jury-instruction plain-error violent-crime |
1. Should the Court grant certiorari to review whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b), categorically fails to constitute "a crime of violence"… |
| 20-6756 |
David Ray Wallace v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process habeas-corpus physical-force reckless-conduct sentencing successive-motion texas-robbery violent-crime |
1. Whether Texas robbery—an offense that can be committed by recklessly causing injury or by placing the victim in fear of injury—has "the use of phys… |
| 20-6742 |
Edward Davis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis violent-crime |
WHETHER PETITIONER'S ARGUMENT UNDER UNITED STATES V. DAVIS, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019), DESERVES CLOSER SCRUTINY, WHERE APPLYING THE SAME STANDARDS IN DAVI… |
| 20-6622 |
Devon Mitchell v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924 armed-robbery bank-robbery crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
1. By denying Petitioner's Petition For Certificate of Appealability, did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in implicitly holding that Bank Robbe… |
| 20-6130 |
Desmond Howard Greer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-26 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-offense elements-of-crime force legal-interpretation mens-rea personal-injury reckless-injury recklessness sentencing use-of-force violent-crime |
Whether an offense has as an element the use of force against the person of another if it may be committed by recklessly inflicting injury? |
| 20-5948 |
Christopher Michael Sevier v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault borden-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines remand sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court texas-law violent-crime |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2?
Subsidiary question: whether the decis… |
| 20-5861 |
Alijah Jaquez Mitchell v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime weapons-offense |
IS A HOBBS ACT ROBBERY A CRIME OF VIOLENCE FOR PURPOSES OF 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)? |
| 20-5672 |
David Kareem Turpin v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c3a crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts force-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery, which can be committed by putting another
in fear of future injury to himself, his property, or even his intangible
propert… |
| 20-256 |
Zavian Munize Jordan v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-01 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession predicate-crime statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), "any person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime * ** uses or carries a firearm… |
| 20-5245 |
Victor John Walker v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act attempt attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as "a crime of violen… |
| 19-1282 |
Avery Terry v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-924c appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal-waiver due-process force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime |
WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL PURSUANT TO AN INVALID APPEAL WAIVER, AFTER MAKING ERRONEOUS FINDINGS, OVERLOOKING AND MIS… |
| 19-8043 |
Christopher Lamont Steward v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 924(c)-conviction categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
I. Whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is categorically a "crime of
violence" that may serve as a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(… |
| 19-7006 |
Alvin Andrae Drummond v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing misdemeanor-crime-of-violence physical-force predicate-offense probable-cause search-warrant statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Petitioner Alvin Drummond presents two questions for this Court's review:
1. Whether a misdemeanor crime of violence, not aggravated by any additiona… |
| 19-6706 |
Ramsin Jonathan Malek v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crimes federal-criminal-procedure force-clause ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether this Court should grant certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's decision because armed robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d) does not categorical… |
| 19-6623 |
Mario Denane Fultz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
intentional physical force or by intimidation' to include the use of violent criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-crimes federal-criminal-statutes federal-robbery-statutes force force-clause force-definition intentional-force legislative-intent physical-force statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime |
Whether Congress intended the phrase "by force and violence, or by intimidation," that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the us… |
| 19-6354 |
Brent Delvalen Blake v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-statute elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery intent physical-force vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime |
Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 9… |
| 19-5944 |
Jerry D. Scott v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment 8th-circuit appeal certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-justice criminal-procedure domestic-assault due-process eighth-circuit habeas-corpus legal-standard missouri-robbery sentencing violent-crime |
WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN NOT. GRANTING
A "CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY" WHEN EVEN AFTER UNITED STATES
v. SWOPES , 892 F.… |
| 19-5908 |
Howard Leon Combs v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-11 |
GVR |
Relisted (4)IFP |
acca-elements-clause armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law elements-clause physical-force reckless-offense reckless-offenses shular-v-united-states statutory-interpretation texas-aggravated-assault violent-crime |
1. A person is guilty of Texas aggravated assault if his reckless driving causes another person to suffer injury; if he transmits a virus to an unwitt… |
| 19-5813 |
Alejandro Plaza-Montecillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-16 aggravated-robbery appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-code federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation texas-law violent-crime |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery constitutes a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. §16? |
| 19-5788 |
James Nunley, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-law ussg-4b1.2 violent-crime |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2? |
| 19-5392 |
Kurt J. Myrie v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-371 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-retroactivity due-process federal-conspiracy retroactivity violent-crime |
1. Does this Court's ruling in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), striking as unconstitutionally vague the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. §… |
| 19-5312 |
Kenneth H. Burke, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms-offense hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review violent-crime |
Whether Mr. Burke's § 924(c) conviction is invalid in light of United States v. Davis |
| 19-5124 |
Arthur Durham v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process economic-harm federal-sentencing force-clause hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states retroactivity statutory-interpretation violent-crime welch-v-united-states |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 19-5063 |
Jose Thomas Barriera-Vera v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery attempted-armed-robbery attempted-crime criminal-law criminal-statute person-or-property physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether attempted armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) has as an element 'the use .. . of physical force against the person or property of another,' … |
| 18-9793 |
Timothy Dale Gould v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c categorical-approach criminal-law divisibility statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Is 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) divisible for purposes of categorical analysis? |
| 18-9432 |
Joseph Frank Rowe v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § … |
| 18-8799 |
Robert Gordon Lockwood v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery bank-robbery-statute categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law descamps-ruling due-process firearms johnson-ruling mathis-ruling ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent violent-crime |
Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals violate the Johnson, Mathis, Descamps, and Dimaya Supreme Court rulings because Prince confirmed that the Bank … |
| 18-8333 |
Jorge Sosa v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1959 18-usc-924 criminal-law due-process racketeering racketeering-enterprise statutory-interpretation vagueness violent-crime violent-crime-in-aid-of-racketeering |
Whether a VICAR conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) can be sustained when a gang member commits a violent act that is unrelated to the racketeering e… |
| 18-8324 |
Johnny Madison Williams, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? |
| 18-8294 |
Demetrius Fitzgerald v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law deadly-weapon federal-sentencing-guidelines florida-law florida-statute sentencing sentencing-guidelines violent-crime violent-felony |
Whether the Florida offense of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon is a violent felony under the ACCA and a crime of violence under the Federal Se… |
| 18-8217 |
Marvin Johnson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process enterprise enterprise-membership fair-trial jury-instructions racketeering racketeering-act violent-crime |
Whether evidence supporting a conviction of violent crime in aid of racketeering must demonstrate the defendant was a member of the alleged enterprise |
| 18-7543 |
Rodney Landingham v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime void-for-vagueness |
Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? |
| 18-7500 |
Clay O'Brien Mann v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-113 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act assault crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause firearm-discharge mens-rea recklessness violent-crime |
Whether a felony offense with a recklessness mens rea, such as reckless driving while intoxicated, satisfies the requirements of the elements clauses … |
| 18-7387 |
James Dennis Lenihan, III v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3a carjacking crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-offense force-clause statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether the federal offense of carjacking, as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 2119, categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(… |
| 18-7292 |
Marco Whitley, Sr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-client-privilege attorney-client-relationship crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process eighth-circuit prejudice second-degree-robbery sentencing sixth-amendment violent-crime |
Did the Eighth Circuit err by holding Missouri's Second Degree Robbery is always considered to necessarily be a crime of violence? |
| 18-6914 |
Daniel Rojas v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law force hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states physical-force section-2255 section-924c sentencing violent-crime |
What amount of force satisfies the definition of 'physical force' under Johnson v. United States? |
| 18-6830 |
Francisco Heredia-Silva v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
california-penal-code circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing due-process federal-law sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation terrorist-threats violent-crime |
Whether California terrorist threats convictions under California Penal Code Section 422 are crimes of violence |
| 18-6768 |
Michael Perez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines mens-rea resisting-arrest state-criminal-law statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime |
Whether the quantum of force required by the elements of the Florida offense of resisting with violence, Fla. Stat. § 843.01, is sufficient to qualify… |
| 18-6461 |
Gerren K. Love v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines causation-element circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-classification criminal-law force-definition sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-crime violent-force |
If a statute has a causation-of-harm element, does it also necessarily have an element of violent force for purposes of classifying the crime as a vio… |
| 18-6360 |
Jocelyn Faurisma v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether armed bank robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3) |
| 18-6156 |
Hector Medina v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
career-offender career-offender-guidelines criminal-classification criminal-law dangerous-instrument first-degree-robbery new-york-penal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Should first degree robbery with use of a dangerous instrument under New York Penal Law § 160.15(3) qualify as a crime of violence for purposes of the… |
| 18-6104 |
Wayne Thomas, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law federal-jurisdiction johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states supreme-court supreme-court-review use-of-force violent-crime |
Does the Florida Robbery 812.13 meet use of force' as defined in Johnson -v. United States U.S. __ (2010)? |
| 18-5890 |
Mark D. Whitfield v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law force hobbs-act property robbery statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force violent-crime |
Whether jurists of reason could debate whether robbery under the Hobbs Act possesses the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force against the pe… |
| 18-5840 |
George Stoney v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c3a categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Under the categorical approach, does a Hobbs Act conviction qualify as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 18-5808 |
Rafael Angel Rondon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c 6th-amendment constitutional-law crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-law jury-instructions residual-clause sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-crime |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) pattern jury instruction violates the Sixth Amendment |
| 18-5620 |
Mario Zuniga v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244(b) 28-usc-2255(h) attempted-murder criminal-law habeas-corpus mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states second-or-successive-2255-motion second-or-successive-motion section-2255 section-924e sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that attempted murder in Illinois is categorically a violent crime under 18 U.S.C. §924(… |
| 18-5095 |
Tron Lakey Davis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach force generic-crime generic-robbery minimal-contact minimal-force robbery robbery-definition sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states violent-crime |
Whether theft offenses requiring only minimal contact and no threat of violence satisfy the generic, contemporary meaning of robbery under the categor… |
| 18-5061 |
Travis Horne v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process force-definition johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime |
Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States, 1385 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) and … |